Lather

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A foam formed by soap or detergent agitated in water, as in washing or shaving.
  • n. Froth formed by profuse sweating, as on a horse.
  • n. Informal A condition of anxious or heated discomposure; agitation: The students were in a lather over the proposed restrictions.
  • v. To spread with or as if with lather.
  • v. Informal To give a beating to; whip.
  • verb-intransitive. To produce lather; foam.
  • verb-intransitive. To become coated with lather.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cover with lather.
  • v. To beat or to whip.
  • n. The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
  • n. A state of agitation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
  • n. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
  • v. To spread over with lather.
  • verb-intransitive. To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.
  • v. To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Foam, froth, or suds made from soap moistened with water, as by a brush for shaving.
  • n. Foam or froth formed in profuse sweating, as of a horse.
  • To form a foam or suds, as soap and water; become froth or frothy matter.
  • To spread lather on or over; apply lather to, as the face in shaving.
  • To flog; leather.
  • n. A work-man who puts up laths for plaster-work.
  • n. A dialectal variant of ladder.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning
  • n. a workman who puts up laths
  • n. the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
  • n. the froth produced by soaps or detergents
  • v. form a lather
  • v. exude sweat or lather
  • v. beat severely with a whip or rod
  • n. agitation resulting from active worry
  • Verb Form
    lathered    lathering    lathers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cleanse    clean    working person    workingman    workman    froth    foam    form bubbles    effervesce    sparkle   
    Form
    lathered    lathering    in a lather   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flog    foal   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cather    Mather    bather    blather    gather    rather    slather   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    suds    spume    froth    spittle    mucus    saponification    ectoplasm    spattering    strop